Child and Youth Care Worker - Edmonton, Canada - Catholic Social Services

Catholic Social Services

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Edmonton, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Part time

Description

_Catholic Social Services is currently seeking a part time, 12 hours per week, Child & Youth Care Worker in EDMONTON to join our St. Jude's House team. Providing excellent client-centered care, you are confident, thoughtful, and motivated to achieve success when supporting others in your community._

_This position has a weekly schedule of Saturday or Sunday 10:00 am to 10:00 pm and would alternate every week._

Program Overview:

St Judes House:

Our high risk programs are long term residential group care programs for high risk youth ages 15 to 24.

We provide support to youth that have been exposed to substance abuse, physical and mental abuse, sexual exploitation, as well as physical/mental trauma, etc.

The high risk programs support youth in reducing their involvement in high risk behaviours using harm reduction principles and practices.

These principles include circle of courage philosophy as well as strength based and resiliency focused assessments, which promote empowerment and stabilization.

With counselling and support, our clients work on developing skills to manage high risk activities while working on personal goals to be able to transition to a Semi-Independent Living (SIL) program.

Job Summary:

As a Child and Youth Care Worker, you will be responsible for assessing the needs of the child/youth and parent/guardian, providing counselling and teaching basic life, community, and family living skills while ensuring basic needs are met (food, clothing, shelter, healthcare, safety).

The Child and Youth Care Worker creates a safe, warm and positive environment where children/youth feel welcomed and loved.

Other responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Managing a caseload of 12 families
Developing and overseeing service plans for children, youth, and their parents
Supervising and supporting children and youth in a semiresidential setting
Assisting children and youth in overcoming barriers, and supporting them to develop positive and healthy relationships with their families and communities
Supporting children and youth through life skills teaching and inthemoment learning, with a handson approach
Assisting children and youth in attending appointments and successfully participating in their educational placements and/or day programs
Supporting parents and guardians to enhance their parenting skills and family capacity through weekly family support sessions
Supporting families to access community resources and natural supports
Submitting required program documentation with established timeframes
Performing basic housekeeping and meal preparation duties
Other duties as required

Education & Qualifications:

A Diploma/Degree in Human Services (or equivalent)
A minimum of two (2) years of experience counselling families, children/youth with behavioral and developmental disabilities is required.
Experience with children and family programming, youth in care, residential care, and case management is a requirement of this position.
Certification or training in Aboriginal Awareness, Abuse Awareness, Standard First Aid, Medication Administration, and Violence/Crisis Intervention is a definite asset.
Proven ability to provide effective communication, collaboration, crisis intervention, and conflict management with clients
Experience with or willingness to be trained on physical holds on the individuals that we serve.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training (NVCI) must be completed upon hire
Demonstrated assessment, problem solving, and critical thinking skills
Knowledge of community resources is an asset
Demonstrated ability to act with professionalism, confidentiality, and diplomacy
Proven case documentation and effective information reporting practices
A reliable Vehicle, Valid Driver's License, Vehicle Registration and Third Party Liability Insurance (amount of two million)
Police Information Check including vulnerable sector search, and Intervention Record Check current within six (6) months
Summary of driving record with no more than six (6) demerit points current within one (1) year.

What We Offer:

The salary for this position is
$ $ 25.68 per hour based on qualifications and experience. We offer flexibility and supportive working environment.
Flexible benefit options when eligible.
Work within a highly collaborative, teamoriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily.

About Catholic Social Services:

You will be joining an established Agency that is _guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect.

With more than 50 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1800 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Central Alberta and Edmonton.

**Our values are at the core of everything